Emerging Liberty Dimes - Where can I find them?
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I would like to start using the Emerging Liberty Dimes to spend and give away to future coin collectors.
Where can I find them at face or very close to face. I can't seem to find them at close to face. Banks don't have them and dealers have graded ones at $100 apiece. They are common and meant to be spent.
Any assistance is appreciated.
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You have to catch them just as they emerge.
None of the banks near me have them, and the tellers are completely in the dark about any 'new dimes'. And I have not seen a single one in circulation as of yet.
Maybe @mach19 has some left. He posted many giveaways.
The cheapest on eBay are 4X face by the roll.
Havent heard of anyone getting any yet either
Shame on the mint.
In 1976, the bicentennial quarters were all over the place. The half dollars and dollars did not circulate well, but you could get them. Granted the mint got started earlier in 1975, but we are now into the fifth month of the year, and the only coins available are the pieces the mint is selling at premium prices. The Fourth of July will soon be here, and few members of the general public will even be aware that Semi Quincentennial coins have even been issued. So much for the mint system celebrating the 250th birthday of the country in any way but sustained greed.
I hope I will get a silver Proof set by July 4. I would like to include in a FUN exhibit of coins and medals from the 50th, 100th, 150th, 200th and 250th celebrations. If the mint doesn’t show up for the 250th, I’ll exhibit a Dan Carr Draped Bust / Gobrecht Dollar reverse medal instead. I’ll mark up the mint’s participation in the 250th celebration as “AWOL.”
Rare finds these days - Indian Cents in circulation and 2026 Semi Quincentennial coins in circulation. Their occurrence is about equal.
Only place I’ve found them at face value is in the “change machine” they have at the mint gift shop in DC.
U.S. Mint Circulating Coin Production in February 2026
Denver Philadelphia Total
Jefferson Nickel 40,800,000 43,200,000 84,000,000
Emerging Liberty Dime 19,000,000 64,500,000 83,500,000
Quarters 51,400,000 72,200,000 123,600,000
Enduring Liberty Half Dollar 3,000,000 1,800,000 4,800,000
Native American $1 Coin 0 840,000 840,000
Total 114,200,000 182,540,000 296,740,000
Dime P might be less mintage.
Box of 20
I just received this email from the mint.
Product Notification
William,
This product will be available today at 12:00PM ET.
Semiquincentennial Half Dollar 2026 Rolls and Bags - Enduring Liberty
$60.00 - $180.00
MASTER_SEMIQHD
View Product Details
They are still selling rolls and bags of Semi Quincentennial coins at premium prices. This is tiresome.
How to kill the fiat goose
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I have not seen any 2026 circulating coins in my tills of Brinks change drop offs. Just dumb looks at the credit union when I ask for them. I would imagine that a coin show that the Mint is showing up at would have those change machines. I saw some at a local coin show for 10x face for individual coins. They will make their rounds out into circulation, hopefully soon.
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Same here:
No one has heard of them, seen them and/or can get them. The answer I always get is the new coins are circulating with the old ones. Most or all tellers look at me like I'm from Pluto. "I didn't know that" is always the response.
Amazing that these people deal in money for a living and most are completely in the dark about any of it.
Later, Paul.
We are not far away from July 4th and its crazy that I can't get them for close to face value. At the Central States show, Paul Hollis - Director of the Mint held a talk and he said that the mint is making them so it won't be too tough to find them in change. Oh well, other the 2 examples that Jeff Garrett gave me, I got none......
I wouldn't blame tellers for not knowing about them and banks for not having them. They're not coin dealers, after all.